Flashpoint provides actionable threat intelligence via a platform that aggregates extensive internet-based intelligence and risk data for cyber, fraud, insider-threat, and physical security teams. Its product suite includes Flashpoint Flow, an intelligence-specific automation platform, and a platform for delivering data-driven insights. The company emphasizes a broad and growing global customer base and a large collection of threat and risk data as core assets. Flashpoint plans to use new capital to accelerate its product roadmap, add new data sets, and provide deeper, more personalized customer support. The company also intends to pursue acquisitions to expand its product offerings and market footprint. Flashpoint framed the investment as a step to solidify its position as a market leader in actionable intelligence. Flashpoint provides converged intelligence and risk solutions as a global leader in Business Risk Intelligence (BRI), delivering the Flashpoint Intelligence Platform to help organizations combat fraud, insider threats, physical security risks, and improve vulnerability management. The platform aggregates finished intelligence reports and data from illicit forums, marketplaces, chat services, paste sites, technical data, card and account shops, and vulnerability feeds, and offers integrations with Anomali, ThreatConnect, ThreatQuotient, and Splunk. Flashpoint said it will use new capital to accelerate innovation and product development, expand its data collections, and grow customer acquisition and support worldwide. In October 2019 the company secured $34 million in new financing, comprised of $6 million in new equity and a $28 million debt facility. The $28 million debt financing was provided by Bank of Montreal’s Technology and Innovation Banking Group. Flashpoint is backed by investors including Georgian Partners, Greycroft Partners, TechOperators, K2 Intelligence, Jump Capital, Leaders Fund, Bloomberg Beta, and Cisco Investments. Flashpoint provides a Business Risk Intelligence (BRI) platform that leverages Deep & Dark Web data, expertise and technology to give enterprises immediate visibility into real threats and context on how those threats could impact their business. The platform is used across the enterprise to bolster cybersecurity, confront fraud, detect insider threats, enhance physical security, assess M&A opportunities, and address vendor risk and supply chain integrity. Flashpoint serves Fortune 500 and government customers and has a broad customer base across finance, retail, insurance, healthcare, law, media, energy, technology, telecommunications, defense, government, aviation, entertainment, hospitality, consumer goods, and manufacturing. Led by CEO and co-founder Josh Lefkowitz, the company plans to use new funding to accelerate worldwide adoption of BRI and to support recruitment of talent for its technology roadmap. Flashpoint also intends to add more specialized talent to its team of intelligence analysts to support product and service delivery. The company is headquartered in New York, NY. Flashpoint operates a platform that leverages intelligence from the Deep and Dark Web to deliver actionable insights for enterprise risk mitigation. Its intelligence is used across business units to bolster cybersecurity, confront fraud, detect insider threats, enhance physical security, assess M&A opportunities, and address vendor risk and supply chain integrity. The company serves Fortune 500 and government customers. Led by CEO Josh Lefkowitz, CSO Chris Camacho and VP of Intelligence Tom Hofmann, Flashpoint positions its product for enterprise deployments across multiple functions. The company has offices in New York City, Tyson’s Corner, VA, and Dublin, Ireland. Flashpoint recently closed a $10M Series B to support expansion into Business Risk Intelligence (BRI). Flashpoint provides the Illuminate platform and related services that deliver intelligence from the deep and dark web to security professionals. The company helps customers discover and monitor previously concealed illicit activity and take informed steps to defend against threats. Flashpoint serves Fortune 500 clients across financial services, healthcare, technology and retail. It is led by CEO Josh Lefkowitz. The company will use the funds to accelerate sales operations, develop its platform and scale its proprietary technologies. Glenn McGonnigle of TechOperators will join the company’s board in conjunction with the financing.

Total raised

$77M

Funding rounds

6

Latest round

Equity

Latest activity

Oct 2019